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The Christmas Story Shelf - Read-Alouds, Advent Devotionals, and the KJV Account
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items December reading has its own shelf in a Christian home: the storybooks the kids ask for by name, an Advent devotional for the grown-ups, and Luke 2 read aloud on Christmas Eve from the family Bible. Here is that shelf, stocked.
Sections
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Family Read-Alouds
Advent Devotionals
The Story in KJV
Family Read-Alouds
The storybooks read every December until the spines give out - the true story, told beautifully.
The Jesus Storybook Bible retells the whole Bible with Jesus at the center of every story - its Christmas chapters are read aloud in thousands of homes each December. It is a retelling, not a translation, and a beloved one.
Sally Lloyd-Jones: The Jesus Storybook Bible (Hardcover)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is the funniest true-to-life Christmas story in print - the worst kids in town hijack the church pageant and the Nativity lands fresh. Families read it aloud and howl, then go quiet at the end.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Paperback)
Max Lucado's The Crippled Lamb tells of a lamb who could not make the journey - and was in the stable for the one night that mattered. For every child who has felt left out at Christmas.
Crippled Lamb
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey is the picture book grown-ups cry over - a grieving woodcarver, a widow, and a Nativity set carved piece by piece. The illustrations alone earn the shelf space.
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, (Hardcover)
Song of the Stars is Sally Lloyd-Jones's Nativity telling where all creation leans in - sky, sea, and stable animals waiting for the baby. Pure wonder, no tinsel.
Story of God's Great Love Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story, (Hardcover)
Advent Devotionals
For the grown-ups' December: four weeks of reading that keeps the season pointed at Christ.
Hidden Christmas is Timothy Keller on the surprising truths inside the familiar story - the genealogy, the outsiders, the upside-down kingdom. The thinking adult's Advent book.
Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ, (Paperback)
John Piper's Advent readings are short, dense, and joyful on purpose - twenty-five days built to make Christ feel like treasure again. Five minutes with coffee, all month.
The Dawning of Indestructible Joy: Daily Readings for Advent, (Paperback)
Paul Tripp's Come, Let Us Adore Him walks December day by day with Scripture and honest application for parents in the thick of it. The devotional most likely to actually be finished.
Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional, (Hardcover)
The Women of Christmas walks through Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna with Liz Curtis Higgs - warm, studied, and full of the season's overlooked faith. A favorite for women's groups in December.
The Women of Christmas: Experience the Season Afresh with Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna (Hardcover)
The Christmas We Didn't Expect is David Mathis's Advent set on the surprises inside the incarnation - short chapters, deep water. For the reader who thinks they have heard it all.
The Christmas We Didn't Expect: A Daily Advent Devotional, (Paperback)
The Story in KJV
The account itself, King James: the family Bible, the printed Luke 2, and cards that carry the real words.
A large-print KJV family Bible is the Christmas Eve instrument - Luke 2 read aloud by lamplight, Grandpa's voice optional but preferred. Verify the translation line says King James before it ships.
KJV Super Giant Print Bible
A framed Luke 2 print in King James wording puts the actual account on the wall all December - check the wording on the product photo; it must read KJV.
Luke 2 8-14 Bible Scripture Wall Decor Bible Poster Decorations For Bedroom Rectangle Painting Pictures Canvas Framed 12×18 in
Boxed KJV Christmas cards carry the real words into mailboxes - Luke and Isaiah in King James, not paraphrase. Verify the translation on the box before stocking up.
Christmas Blessings - Large Christmas Card Boxed Assortment with KJV Scripture
A Nativity pop-up book puts the stable in a toddler's hands - scenes that stand up off the page hold attention through the whole telling. Biblical animals only on these pages.
Christmas Nativity: Pop-Up Book: Hardcover Board Book, (Board Book)